When Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, was asked about former President Donald J. Trump’s now-standard stump line claiming that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” …
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, was remembered Tuesday at a funeral service that nodded to her role on the court as a consensus builder. …
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The largest nursing home in St. Louis closed so abruptly last week, according to the union representing workers there, that 170 people living there were moved to new homes without …
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The super PAC aligned with former President Donald J. Trump is putting money for the first time behind television ads attacking Nikki Haley, his former U.N. ambassador, who has gained …
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DeSantis Faces F.E.C. Complaint Over His Campaign’s Ties With Super PAC
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA campaign watchdog group filed a complaint on Monday with the Federal Election Commission against the campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and a super PAC backing his presidential …
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Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery Is Coming Down This Week
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWorkers this week were expected to begin removing the towering Confederate Memorial from Arlington National Cemetery, displacing one of the country’s most prominent monuments to the Confederacy on public land. …
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With 17,000 members, White’s Chapel Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas, offers multiple worship services each weekend along with the kind of attractions that only the largest houses of worship can …
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Heavy rainfall from a powerful storm careening up the East Coast is expected to batter the New York region starting Sunday night as officials warned commuters to brace for disrupted …
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Goodwill Vase Sold for $3.99 Fetches More Than $100,000 at Auction
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesJessica Vincent made her way in June through a busy Goodwill thrift store in Hanover County, Va., passing VCRs, lamps and glassware commonly sold at big-box retailers. Nothing really caught …
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At the University of Pennsylvania, approval for the screening of a documentary critical of Israel was denied. At Brandeis University — which expressed a public commitment to free speech — …